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Re: does anyone actually play this?...
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Thu, 3 Aug 2000 10:29:28 GMT
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In lugnet.football, Franklin W. Cain writes:
Hi!  Does anyone actually play the Lego Football
(i.e., having bought the large set, do you really
use it to play a minifig-scale game of soccer)?

Yes, it's great fun.  One field becomes a bit too easy once you are used
to it, 2 fields offer lots of possibilities including a "proper" 11 players
per team setup, there has been some discussion of this over in loc.au.  My
11 a side setup based on Richard Parsons' template has taken up permanent
residence on the coffee table.

If so, do the "kick" thingies really work?
How well?

Really well.  By varying pressure and angle on the lever you can "kick"
straight along the ground or up in an arc, and they swivel to aim.
I have yet to master the arc reliably and hence am now generally beaten
by my non-Lego husband, who has :)  My 5 year old son also loves the game
and is quite good at it.  Non-Lego friends are also quite impressed, and
enjoy playing.

Deidre
drb@tasmail.com



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(...) ...Hmmmm... What's the url on that one? I finally came up with an 11 player board using an expansion set (prolly will get round to 'templating' it soon). ...Also, don't forget! The game makes a _great_ drinking game! :-) (URL) for the record, (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports)

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  does anyone actually play this?...
 
Hi! Does anyone actually play the Lego Football (i.e., having bought the large set, do you really use it to play a minifig-scale game of soccer)? If so, do the "kick" thingies really work? How well? Thanks, Franklin ===== Franklin W. Cain | (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports)

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